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These are small poems about the intimate life that Anne and I shared together. Each one is about a specific, tiny moment in our love affair, but each one captures the essence of many, many others like it. We were a very happy couple.

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These are poems from the life and love that Anne and I shared together. I very, very rarely read my poems and have never published them, but I want to read them now.

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A beautiful change of pace for Unknowncountry.com subscribers.

This week in Whitley’s Room, Whitley Strieber reads poems that have been his favorites over the course of his life, and tells why each one affected him and became a favorite because of his close encounters and other powerful life experiences. He includes two poems he wrote himself when he was young–one in the year before he had his major childhood encounters, and the next in the year after. The difference between these two poems, first published in his high school literary anthology, will shock you.
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